... Rivera, Dora Alicia Sorto (who was eight months pregnant) and Ramiro Rivera, committed between June and December 2009, relatives and members of La Maraña Environmental Association, ADES and the National ...

... n of mining exploration, had promised between 400-700 jobs to communities of Cabañas. Moreover, Oceana Gold had also promised to invest, between $20 to $25 million dollars yearly for a period of 20 year ...

... e region," he said.
As for the rivers that are often natural borders between the three countries, Calles considered that work needs to be done put the issue in the public agenda. The protection of the S ...

... ble living, as a result of agreements reached with the Attorney General's Office," said Morales, who was surprised to learn about the agreement between the mining company and the government.
According to Mor ...

... it is going to affect us all equally,” Arias said. “In this sense, the ideological issues, talking about those between right and left, we didn’t see those so much in the referendum process. The populatio ...

... El Salvador it tried to use investment protections in the Free Trade Agreement between the US and Central America and the Dominican Republic (DR-CAFTA). To do so it set up a post-box address in the US ...

... legal team received notification that the tribunal has ordered OceanaGold to pay the $8 million immediately or it will be subject to between two and five percent in monthly interest, depending on the outstanding ...

... (originally owned by Pacific Rim before being acquired by Australian-Canadian mining giant OceanaGold in 2013) in the northern province of Cabañas became the epicenter of the conflict. Between 2009-2011, four ...

... to impose the moratorium which has been maintained by the subsequent left-wing, FMLN-led governments. The moratorium led to a seven year long legal battle between the state and Australian/Canadian mining ...

... water,” she said.
According to the 2016 report, the average cost of water in San Sebastian is between $2.50-$4.10/m3 compared to at most $0.25/m3 in San Salvador. The stream, the only natural source of ...

... between the resources available to companies such as Pacific Rim and Oceana Gold to protect their interests (and investments) in contrast to the scarce resources of the citizens, the victims and potential ...

Tomás Guevara / Washington correspondent : El Diario de Hoy
The conflict between Pacific Rim mining, a subsidiary of the transnational Oceana Gold, could continue as the company not only has delayed ...

... . Between 2012 and 2013, British Columbia-registered and Melbourne-headquartered OceanaGold bought Pacific Rim, whose main asset was the suit against El Salvador, for only US$14 million. And thus, the ...

Press release
The Water Forum denounces secret negotiation of the General Water Law between the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Economy and ANEP
In 2006 the Water Forum ...

... the longest running cases in the ICSID, an article published in the Global Arbitration Review argues that the five longest running cases in the history of ICSID have waited between 6.3 years to 10.5 years ...

... the longest running cases in the ICSID, an article published in the Global Arbitration Review argues that the five longest running cases in the history of ICSID have waited between 6.3 years to 10.5 years ...

Hadrian Mertins-Kirkwood
There has been a debate over Investor-State Dispute Systems (ISDS), a process for resolving settlement disputes between foreign investors and national governments. Many people ...

Public Citizen
The investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system shifts the power between the government and corporations, prioritizing corporate rights. Foreign corporations have used ISDS to attack ...

... demanding compensation for not being able to drill in El Salvador. This article explains the case between Pacific Rim and El Salvador, and how Pacific Rim has used CAFTA to demand hundreds of millions ...

Aguiar and Vargas, 2015
This paper exemplifies several articles describing different struggles that have occurred between transnational corporations and people fighting for their rights. One of them ...